Bean
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Childlike Englishman, Mr. Bean, is an incompetent watchman at the Royal National Gallery. After the museum's board of directors' attempt to have him fired is blocked by the chairman, who has taken a liking to Bean, they send him to Los Angeles to act as their ambassador for the unveiling of a historic painting to humiliate him. Fooled, Mr. Bean must now successfully unveil the painting or risk his and a hapless Los Angeles curator's termination.
What critics thought
Bean lands squarely in mixed territory: critics acknowledged Rowan Atkinson's considerable gifts as a physical comedian but felt the joke wore out its welcome long before the credits rolled. A sketch-show character stretched to feature length, it earns genuine laughs but not enough of them to justify the runtime.
“At an hour, Bean would have been nonstop laughs. [But] then they added 30 minutes of stops.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Genres
Family, Adventure, Comedy
Cast & Crew
Mel SmithDirector
Rowan AtkinsonMr. Bean
Peter MacNicolDavid Langley
Pamela ReedAlison Langley
Tricia VesseyJennifer Langley
Andrew LawrenceKevin Langley
Harris YulinGeorge Grierson
Burt ReynoldsGeneral Newton
Richard GantLieutenant Brutus
Chris EllisDetective Butler
Tom McGowanWalter Merchandise
Sandra OhBernice Schimmel
Peter EganLord Walton
Howard GoodallComposer
Richard CurtisWriter
Robin DriscollWriterBean
Childlike Englishman, Mr. Bean, is an incompetent watchman at the Royal National Gallery. After the museum's board of directors' attempt to have him fired is blocked by the chairman, who has taken a liking to Bean, they send him to Los Angeles to act as their ambassador for the unveiling of a historic painting to humiliate him. Fooled, Mr. Bean must now successfully unveil the painting or risk his and a hapless Los Angeles curator's termination.
What critics thought
Bean lands squarely in mixed territory: critics acknowledged Rowan Atkinson's considerable gifts as a physical comedian but felt the joke wore out its welcome long before the credits rolled. A sketch-show character stretched to feature length, it earns genuine laughs but not enough of them to justify the runtime.
“At an hour, Bean would have been nonstop laughs. [But] then they added 30 minutes of stops.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Genres
Family, Adventure, Comedy
Cast & Crew
Mel SmithDirectorRowan AtkinsonMr. BeanPeter MacNicolDavid LangleyPamela ReedAlison LangleyTricia VesseyJennifer LangleyAndrew LawrenceKevin LangleyHarris YulinGeorge GriersonBurt ReynoldsGeneral NewtonRichard GantLieutenant BrutusChris EllisDetective ButlerTom McGowanWalter MerchandiseSandra OhBernice SchimmelPeter EganLord WaltonHoward GoodallComposerRichard CurtisWriterRobin DriscollWriterRent & Buy